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Notre Dame

IND · 2-0 · power +35.6 · #1
Our numberND -4.9 no book has priced this game

BYU

B12 · 2-0 (1-0 B12) · power +25.1 · #16
Our side
MoneylineND to win ours 30%
Projected score 28–23 ND – BYU
2026-10-17 · kickoff TBD LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT Early season

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Series Notre Dame lead 7–2 · 9 meetings since 1992
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish 62 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #1 rush offense BYU Cougars #63 run defense
Pass game edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish 49 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #10 pass offense BYU Cougars #59 pass defense
Run game even 11 ranks apart
BYU Cougars #43 rush offense Notre Dame Fighting Irish #54 run defense
Pass game edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish 93 ranks
BYU Cougars #99 pass offense Notre Dame Fighting Irish #6 pass defense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Balanced · 58% run Ball-control BYU Cougars Balanced · 57% run Avg pace Dual-threat QB · 41 rush ypg
Marcus Freeman · 43-12 Kalani Sitake · 84-45

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
QB CJ Carr 492 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT #6 QB
K Spencer Porath 3 FG · 12 XP · 21 pts #11 K
RB Nolan James Jr. 48 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec #47 RB
WR Jordan Faison 8 rec · 135 yds · 2 TD #79 WR
BYU Cougars
QB Bear Bachmeier 415 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT #12 QB
DL Tausili Akana 4 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL #171 DL
WR Legend Glasker 6 rec · 139 yds · 2 TD #113 WR
WR Kyler Kasper 8 rec · 93 yds · 2 TD #116 WR

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Notre Dame Fighting IrishIND +35.6 +22.4 +13.2 #1
BYU CougarsB12 +25.1 +13.9 +11.2 #16

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Notre Dame offense vs BYU defense+11.2 pts
BYU offense vs Notre Dame defense+0.7 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,325 mi
Altitude · context only1,193 m higher than the visitor's home elevation

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.